set nginx logging to use journald

roles/nginx/defaults/main.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 nginx__deploy_redirect_conf: true
 nginx__deploy_tls_conf: true
+nginx__deploy_logging_conf: true
 nginx__configurations: [ ]
 nginx__use_custom_nginx_conf: false
 nginx__custom_nginx_conf: ""

roles/nginx/files/logging.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error_log  syslog:server=unix:/run/systemd/journal/dev-log,nohostname,severity=warn debug;
+access_log  syslog:server=unix:/run/systemd/journal/dev-log,nohostname,severity=info main;

roles/nginx/meta/argument_specs.yaml

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ argument_specs:
         type: bool
         required: false
         default: true
+      nginx__deploy_logging_conf:
+        description: >-
+          Whether or not to deploy a `logging.conf` to `/etc/nginx/conf.d/logging.conf`.
+        type: bool
+        required: false
+        default: true
       nginx__configurations:
         description: A list of nginx configurations.
         type: list

roles/nginx/tasks/main/config_deploy.yaml

@@ -100,6 +100,24 @@
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         nginx__config_files_to_exist: "{{ nginx__config_files_to_exist + [ 'redirect.conf' ] }}"  # noqa: jinja[spacing]
 
+- name: handle the case, where logging.conf should be deployed
+  when: nginx__deploy_logging_conf
+  block:
+    - name: make sure logging.conf is deployed
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        force: true
+        dest: /etc/nginx/conf.d/logging.conf
+        mode: "0644"
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        src: logging.conf
+      become: true
+      notify: Restart `nginx.service`
+
+    - name: add logging.conf to nginx__config_files_to_exist
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        nginx__config_files_to_exist: "{{ nginx__config_files_to_exist + [ 'logging.conf' ] }}"  # noqa: jinja[spacing]
+
 - name: make sure all given configuration files are deployed
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     content: "{{ item.content }}"